Louise Pirouet (1928-2012) was Senior Lecturer in Religious Studies at Homerton College, University of Cambridge and was involved with refugee concerns for many years both in Africa and Britain.

• AbbreviationsForewordIntroduction: A Matter of National PrideMap 1.1: Distribution of Refugees in SudanChapter 1. Setting the SceneChapter 2. The Tamils and the 1987 WatershedChapter 3. Making DecisionsChapter 4. A Right of AppealChapter 5. Without Charge or TrialChapter 6. Protecting Women, Children and FamiliesChapter 7. Building Walls Around Fortress EuropeChapter 8. Keeping Them Out: Building a Wall Around the UKChapter 9. Supporting Asylum-SeekersAfterwordBibliographyIndex

“An exceptionally lucid history of asylum issue in the United Kingdom since the mid-1980s.” • International Migration Review“An unusual and highly successful book: a review of the changes which have taken place in asylum law in recent years, painted in their political context and described in accurate detail, but peppered with the personal experiences of asylum seekers which adds a poignant reality to what might otherwise appear a dry description.” • Nicky Padfield, Fellow of Fitzwilliam College, Cambridge